Mozambique vs Nigeria: How much global land is used as pasture for livestock?

Mozambique

33.23 million

in 2010

Nigeria

31.28 million

in 2010

Mozambique rank

17th

Nigeria rank

19th

How much global land is used as pasture for livestock? over time

Mozambique currently reports 33.23 million against 31.28 million in Nigeria, a difference of 1.94 million.

That makes Mozambique's figure about 1.1 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 1780 it was Nigeria ahead.

Mozambique ranks 17th and Nigeria ranks 19th of 179 countries.

Indicator: How much global land is used as pasture for livestock?
Source: Taylor and Rising, and United Nations (2021) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 179 places, 4,296 data points, 1780–2010
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The extent of global pasture used for livestock grazing. It does not include cropland used to grow animal feed.